Vent in Galley?

[Saint Lawrence Seaway]

Same, I don't cook without a lid. But when you take the lid off, steam just goes everywhere. You just can't avoid that.

Agreed, that's why I'm engineering a bit of side table space out of my companionway step.

Which makes sense if you have the cooking area by the companionway, but unfortunately you have your stove a bit forward.

But it's that or salad.

Forever...

 

[Fimacca]

Air fryer all the way. brilliant kit for a boat (230v tho....) very little steam and cooks most things !

 

[johnalison]

Most boats with the common layout have the galley under or near the main hatch, or, like our 22' Cirrus years ago, are so small that everywhere is near the main hatch. I can see that there could be a problem with larger boats with alongside galleys, where an opening port would be necessary but for most of us I think it is mainly a matter of just learning to live with it. We have an opening window above the cooker, but it is one of those silly inward-opening ones and not usable in all conditions.

 

[Frank Holden]

Same, also backpacked for years, I don't cook without a lid. But when you take the lid off, steam just goes everywhere. You just can't avoid that.

Will look at a hood and a little fan then. Or maybe just open the hatch and have a fan directed there to immediately blow it out? Should work, too.

Put pan under cold tap to condense out the steam before taking the lid off -simples.
And cook with the hatch open -even if just a bit.
Worked for me for more than a few patagonian winters.

However there was an Amel (Sharki?) down there owned by an Italian couple , they had a hanging - clear plastic - shroud around the galley which they would disappear behind - with an open port - while cooking pasta.

 

[eilerts]

Years ago I tried to make a DIY ventilator above the cooker using an engine room fan. It was awfully noisy so left the plan after a test run. Have been thinking about computer fans, but have some doubt of how much air they really moves when there is some resistance, and how much they like the steam/fat/sea air combo.

My boat has a dorado went in front of the sprayhood, but the inside opening is further back, over the galley, but with no duct. The air just moves in the space above the liner. As a part of the project I made a flatt wide duct in glass and epoxy. First step was to shape a piece of styrofoam. This was wrapped in glass and epoxy (messy as I tried to make the whole thing in one go). After curing of the epoxy, the styrofoam was washed out with acetone. This is the only useful part of that project.